Pisgah State Park Foray, July 13, 2025

 Thank you Chris Denette for leading our foray. We had good weather and a nice group of 13 members. There was a good variety of mushrooms including enough edibles for everyone to take some home. The star of the day was a Caesar's Amanita. It was a lone specimen, but large and spectacular. Thanks to George and Lori for their ID support. -Tom

SPECIES LIST:

Amanita aestivalis/brunnescens STAR-FOOTED AMANITA
Amanita flavoconia YELLOW PATCHES
Amanita frostiana FROST’S AMANITA
Amanita jacksonii group SLENDER AMERICAN CAESAR
Amanita lavendula/citrina FALSE DEATH CAP/LAVENDAR-STAINED AMANITA
Amanita rhacopus SNAKESKIN GRISETTE
Amanita rubescens/amerirubescens group EASTERN NORTH AMERICAN BLUSHER
Baorangia bicolor BICOLOR BOLETE
Boletus edulis group KING BOLETE
Boletus sensibilis CURRY BOLETE
Cerioporus leptocephalus/varius BLACKFOOT/ELEGANT POLYPORE
Cantharellus cibarius/enelensis group YELLOW CHANTERELLE
Chlorociboria sp. GREEN STAIN
Coltricia cinnamomea FAIRY STOOL
Cortinarius corrugatus WRINKLED CORT
Craterellus fallax BLACK TRUMPET
Crepidotus applanatus FLAT CREP
Fomes fomentarius/excavatus TINDER POLYPORE/HOOF FUNGUS
Galiella rufa HAIRY RUBBER CUP
Gymnopus dryophilus OAK-LOVING GYMNOPUS
Humidicutis marginata ORANGE-GILLED WAXCAP
Hydnum repandum HEDGEHOG
Harrya chromipes CHROME-FOOTED BOLETE
Hygrocybe coccinea group SCARLET WAXCAPS
Hygrocybe flavescens group GOLDEN WAXCAPS
Hypomyces luteovirens YELLOW-GREEN GILL GOBBLER/RUSSULA MOLD
Laccaria laccata DECEIVER
Lactifluus hygrophoroides HYGROPHORUS MILKY
Laetiporus sulfureus CHICKEN OF THE WOODS
Leucopholiota decorosa DECORATED PHOLIOTA
Megacollybia rodmanii EASTERN PLATTERFUL
Microglossum rufum ORANGE EARTHTONGUE
Neoboletus subvelutipes RED-MOUTHED BOLETE
Peziza varia group BROWN CUP
Pluteus cervinus group DEER MUSHROOM
Russula spp. red, pink, green, purple, gray BRITTLEGILLS
Russula claroflava SWAMP BRITTLEGILL
Russula compacta FISHBISCUIT
Russula parvovirescens QUILTED BLUE-GREEN BRITTLEGILL
Russula virescens-crustosa group QUILTED GREEN BRITTLEGILL
Scutellinea sp. EYELASH FUNGUS
Squamanita sp.
Suillus americanum CHICKEN FAT
Suillus spraguei PAINTED SUILLUS
Syzygospora mycetophila COLLYBIA JELLY/COLLYBIA CLOUDS
Tapinella atrotomentosa VELVET-FOOTED PAX
Trichaptum biforme VIOLET-TOOTHED POLYPORE
Tyromyces chioneus WHITE CHEESE POLYPORE